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标题：Compulsory DNA Testing in Argentina: The Right to Truth Versus the Right to Privacy
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作者：Margaret Foster
期刊名称：Brooklyn Journal of International Law
印刷版ISSN：0740-4824
出版年度：2021
卷号：46
期号：2
页码：703
语种：English
出版社：Brooklyn Law School
摘要：During the Dirty War—a seven year repression by the Argentinian junta of political dissidents and alleged subversives—an estimated 500 babies were stolen from their mothers while imprisoned and given to leading military officials as "adopted" children. These children had their true identities erased and replaced with a false one covering up their true origins. This Note will explore Argentina's response to the Dirty War. Namely, it will consider the tension between the right to truth—an international right right often associated with enforced disappearances—and the right to privacy. In particular, it will consider cases in which adults resisted DNA testing to confirm whether they are among the group of children who were forcibly separated from their mothers. Finally, it will suggest reforms to Argentina's DNA law so that it better respects an individual's right to privacy.